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C3 AI vs Kore.ai comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

C3 AI
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
20th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (20th), AI Sales & Marketing (13th), AI Content Creation (12th), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (4th)
Kore.ai
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
AI Agent Builders (7th), AI Security (7th), AI Customer Support (2nd), AI IT Support (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AI Customer Experience Personalization category, the mindshare of C3 AI is 1.0%. The mindshare of Kore.ai is 1.1%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Experience Personalization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Kore.ai1.1%
C3 AI1.0%
Other97.9%
AI Customer Experience Personalization
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2795349 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Head of Data Strategy & Enterprise Governance at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
Struggled to justify enterprise adoption but have valued broader developer accessibility
If I could change or add anything to improve C3 AI, I would suggest making it not just an AI platform, but a data and AI combined platform, as bringing in data management elements, governance, and cloud features is critical. The real AI and modeling represent only 20 percent of what is needed; there is over 80 percent in the rest of the world that should be addressed. Given Tom Siebel's deep understanding of corporate work and his network, integrating C3 AI with other ERP solutions such as Oracle, SAP, or Microsoft is essential. If C3 AI can be an enterprise platform, embedding more data elements and ensuring seamless integration with other ERP solutions would significantly enhance its capabilities and attractiveness. If someone told me that they have SAP, and C3 AI can seamlessly integrate the data and perform action calls between SAP, allowing me to operate on C3 AI as I would on SAP, that would be a killer feature for me. I would suggest avoiding traditional licensing sales as it is too expensive; the starting price is too high. Considering a subscription model or a pay-per-use model is the best business structure for AI or data solution vendors. The pay-per-use model benefits usage, as the more you use, the more successful you become with the platform.
Judin Augustin - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Data Scientist at Guide House
Automation has reduced large call centers and provides real-time outbound support for patients
Kore.ai is a low-code platform, and you do not necessarily have to be an expert in artificial intelligence or generative AI to use this platform. However, if you have that experience, it will be a valuable add-on. The main advantage is that it has almost every kind of plugin available to use, whether for live agents or if you want to use it as a call center. You have real-time capabilities and the most useful plugins available, with almost every kind of model available with configurations. We can configure the ML models and train them. The platform is very user-friendly with explanatory features and a great UI. One significant feature is the live testing platform with Kore.ai. When you are creating a workflow, you have an interactive, real-time testing platform that reflects every change you make. This makes it easy to debug errors or add new features. Additionally, Kore.ai has many different tools and platforms that cater to different needs, whether for a call center, normal workflow, or machine learning workflow, which is really useful. Because of Kore.ai, it was much easier than creating something manually. A low-code platform always helps, and when that platform has this much capability, it provides far more value than manual development. It was particularly helpful for our team that we could create a POC and get that project into production. Kore.ai helped our team build a generative AI outbound calling chatbot, and it truly helped our customers. If you have a hospital with a thousand employees in a call center, you might consider outsourcing. However, with Kore.ai's outbound calling capabilities, you can eliminate the outsourcing part. You do not need a thousand call center employees. You can accomplish this through automation with just one or two employees if people need to switch to agents. This represented a significant cost reduction.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I have noticed improvements in efficiency, reduced downtime, and time saved for my team, as it is quite integrated through the source ML pipeline to report to general customer UI, functioning as one platform that takes care of everything, thus improving efficiency, optimization, and increasing project deliverables."
"The biggest strength of C3 AI is how much it handles in one platform: data integration, model deployment, governance, monitoring, and application development."
"One of the best features C3 AI offers is that you do not need to learn Python or any specific machine learning programming language; you can use C3 AI with JavaScript."
"In the first phase alone, there was approximately $90 million in savings, which reduced about 5% of inventory."
"The positive impacts we have seen include expected reductions in average handle time, which is typically around 40 to 50 percent for any BFSI industry use case."
"Kore.ai offers multiple support and services, including API integration, webhook integration, and multiple channels, making it easy to design your own layout, integrate with multiple channels and webhooks, deploy quickly, and track any errors that occur, so it is a good way to start and easy to learn."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization by helping us build intelligent chatbots and incorporating voice agents, enabling various clients to adopt these solutions, which have been revolutionary for their businesses."
"Kore.ai helped us integrate a lot through documentation and trial and error, making it straightforward to integrate overall, resulting in a very good experience for first-timers."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization because we are implementors, and I would say that approximately 80% of our income comes from developed projects with Kore.ai."
"It impacted my organization by helping us move into being AI-native, and it helped a lot to show other clients that we have worked in AI."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization, as it saved a lot of time in implementation and the proof of concept was very fast to implement and easy to develop."
"The best feature of Kore.ai is that it is a cost-saving tool because when we use IVR, we have to assign agents at the backend, but using Kore.ai, we can automate all of those functions."
 

Cons

"The reason I chose eight out of ten is that as a user of C3 AI, I found the operational aspect not easy to understand; it is a bit tricky, and you should have more core knowledge to navigate C3 AI."
"C3 AI can feel very enterprise-heavy. For smaller teams, it may feel excessive."
"However, I sometimes hear from colleagues that hallucination is an issue."
"We even failed to open any doors for C3 AI; there are no smaller wins, learning opportunities, or process improvements, even if the main goals were not met."
"One thing I have learned is the unpredictability of LLMs and how buggy Kore.ai is as a software."
"In my experience, Kore.ai is not stable."
"I rated Kore.ai an 8 out of 10 because additional features could be added to it."
"In support, the team is not the greatest, but it works."
"I would suggest incorporating pre-recorded videos in the tutorials and enhancing the documentation area to make it more user-friendly."
"To improve Kore.ai, I suggest focusing on more agentic automation, such as offering MCP kind of features with an orchestration layer for use cases."
"I choose 7.5 out of 10 for Kore.ai because a few things already need to be improved, one of which I have mentioned."
"I rated Kore.ai eight out of ten because of the potential for these additional improvements."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
28%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for C3 AI?
The pricing for C3 AI was quite high compared to other smaller AI platforms and open-source alternatives we had explored. Initially, we were cautious due to the significant investment involved.
What needs improvement with C3 AI?
C3 AI can feel very enterprise-heavy. For smaller teams, it may feel excessive. Some workflows also feel more complex than they need to be. Overall, it is a good product, but the platform can feel ...
What is your primary use case for C3 AI?
I have been using C3 AI for roughly eight to ten months as part of a small engineering team working on operational analytics. We primarily use it for predictive maintenance and some newer generativ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kore.ai?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Kore.ai is that the price is low, and the licensing is also not costly.
What needs improvement with Kore.ai?
I do not have much to add regarding how Kore.ai can be improved since it has been a long time since we last used it. There are other platforms that offer more features, but those come at a higher p...
What is your primary use case for Kore.ai?
In my past organization, I used Kore.ai for one of the projects over a period of approximately six to eight months. Our main use case for Kore.ai involved building a Gen AI plus conversational AI p...
 

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